Daily Republican., 1887-08-15
ANOTHER DBSTkUOrIvE FIRE.
Ruth - COmpany's mill Work Depol
burned BY an lnoondiary-LossA A boat
SIS, 600.

huth - OOmpany's Mill Work Depot
Burned by IN Inoondiary-Loss A boat
SIS, ,0OO.
About Q O'Clock this morning ~ Ser.
geant Cannon WAS crossing Market
street bridge from South WilminR,e, q,
he saw there was fire on King street
above Front, and hurried to boz 81, at
Warmers wharf, " here he struck an
alarm. The fire proved to be in the
three STORY brick building Nos, liz, ll6
and Inc King street, occupied By ].
Frank Ruth g Com pany ss . depot for
buildefs' supplies. When the freenen
reached the scene the flames had Gained
considerable headw and were pour
ing from the second story windows and
also from the stable In the rear, iadi
eating that the FIRE was the work OF an
incendtary, and that both build.nas
had been set on fire about tho satle
tima. There we're two valuable hsrsss
In tho stable, but they were both rescued
and taken to place OF safety.
The com bustible nature Of the con.
tents OF the main building caused the
lire to spread rapidly, and In less than
ten minutes from the time the alarm
was etrc ok 1t seemed that the whole
building was enveloped In flames, and
that nothing could save 1t from total
destruction. The fremen, however,
worked with their usual energy, and
nothing could Withstand the i'm ense
streams O. water that they poured into
the building. consequently the hsnes
Old not Ret 10 break through the roof,
and In lS Cainutea they were under con.
troll. Thera are several frame buildip a.
In the Immediate vicinity, and had ls
not bsen for the extraordinary exer.
ttoDs OF the frsmeu, the fire would no
doubt aass proved one OF the mcst
d disastrous that has visited this city {or
years. The stables OF George W. Bush
81 Son, on kfenoh street, In the rear of
the burning building, were ON fire ct
one time, oat the flames were quickly
snbdued by plug stream.
TheYe hos mot been any fire in the
building since last winter, and Gaze
was taken TO have the shsvinas 70
moved at least once o week. The
greater Part OF the stock was on the Hret
hto-, and 10 tLninjured excepi b, *
thoroughly saturated with WAFER. The
only machinery In the building was q
circular saw, which, however, was not
run by power, and 1t is thought that
lSl5 600 will c0uor the. entire loss.
The building was erected about 35
years ago. and for q long time was
acnown as Ssrinpla Hall. Both before
and during the first years Of the war 1t
was used as variety concert hall, but
IVES afterwards taken possession OF by
the government as rendezvous and drill
room for recruits. After the war 1t was
used as o carriage msnusactory, the last
one to occupy it for this pnrpcss being
Johr w. Eeove. MoWh0ster Brother o
then had 1t as warehouse for agricul-
turs. implements, and were followe By
Bailey & Huahes with mill work and
other onpplies for builders.
Upon the death Of one OF the memb
OF that arm It was succeeded about two
years ago by j. Frank Ruth s. 90 the
present occupants. The building be.
longs to John r. Mari. the -four and
feed meIe hant at Ecs 1G6 and z08 East
Second street, but wing TO the fact that
he purchased 1t at sheriff's sale, a. ad
that all the papers concerning IL have
not yet been transferred, he was unable
to state the fall amount of the insur-
ance. II Was also found impossible TO
ascertain the amount OF insurance
carried by Eessrs. Ruth. An aged lady
named Miss Miller. who resides next
door, is lying very i'll, and every thing
was in readiness to remove her If It
should become necessary, but fortu.
nately such was not the case.
Messrs. Ruth had their insurance
placed with companies of which
Thomas Hsnion, OF Mo 9 East Seventh
street, is the agent, and while tle
amount could rot be aacerCained, 1T ia
said to be sufhcient to cover the entire
loss.